|
|
 |
|||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||
| JOURNAL HOME | HELP | CONTACT PUBLISHER | SUBSCRIBE | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
1 LGIT - CNRS/UJF, Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble), P.O. Box 53, F 38041 Grenoble, France
2 ANDRA, Parc de la Croix Blanche, 1/7 rue Jean Monnet, F-92298 Châtenay-Malabry CEDEX, France
3 Laboratoire Environnement et Minéralurgie, UMR 7569 CNRS&INPL, ENSG, P.O. Box 40, F 54 501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France
4 Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung (INE), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Correspondence: * E-mail: christophe.tournassat{at}obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
Dry and in situ (fluid-cell) Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Low-Pressure Gas Adsorption experiments were used to investigate the surfaces of pure Na-smectite particles. These two techniques permit the identification of different surfaces of the platelets (lateral, basal, and interlayer surfaces) and to quantify their surface area. Calculation of the surface area was done for AFM, by measuring directly the dimensions of the clay particles on AFM images, and for gas adsorption experiments, by applying the Derivative Isotherm Summation (DIS) procedure designed by Villiéras et al. (Villiéras et al. 1992, 1997a, 1997b).
In the present study, we find a discrepancy between measurements of the basal and interlayer surface area. This difference is due to the stacking of platelets in dry conditions compared to their dispersion in aqueous suspension. A particle is estimated to be formed of nearly 20 stacked layers in the dehydrated state used in the gas adsorption experiment, whereas it is estimated to be composed of only 1 or 2 layers in aqueous suspension, on the basis of AFM measurements. However, the two techniques give similar results for the lateral surface area of the platelets (i.e., about 8 m2/g) and the perimeter to area ratio value of the particles because the stacking of platelets does not alter these values. This correlation confirms the effectiveness of the interpretation of the gas adsorption experiments lowest pressure domains as the adsorption on lateral surfaces.
The lateral surface area has important implications in the calculation of specific sorption site density on clay material. The relevance of the lateral surface area value (8 m2/g) was tested subsequently with sorption data found in the literature. Based on those results, we show that one essential parameter for the calculation of particle edge-site density is the mean perimeter to area ratio value. This parameter can be obtained by microscopic techniques but the measurement is tedious. The good correlation between the AFM results and the DIS-method results confirms that the latter procedure offers a quick and reliable alternative method for the measurement of the lateral surface area. AFM experiments can be further conducted to constrain the dispersion around the DIS value and the anisotropy of suspended particles.
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  D. A. Kulik Thermodynamic Concepts in Modeling Sorption at the Mineral-Water Interface Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, January 1, 2009; 70(1): 125 - 180. [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 E. FERRAGE, G. SEINE, A.-C. GAILLOT, S. PETIT, P. DE PARSEVAL, A. BOUDET, B. LANSON, J. FERRET, and F. MARTIN Structure of the {001} talc surface as seen by atomic force microscopy: comparison with X-ray and electron diffraction results European Journal of Mineralogy, August 1, 2006; 18(4): 483 - 491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 Y. NAKASHIMA H2O self-diffusion coefficient of water-rich MX-80 bentonite gels Clay Minerals, June 1, 2006; 41(2): 659 - 668. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 S. Yokoyama, M. Kuroda, and T. Sato ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY STUDY OF MONTMORILLONITE DISSOLUTION UNDER HIGHLY ALKALINE CONDITIONS Clays and Clay Minerals, April 1, 2005; 53(2): 147 - 154. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 M.-C. Jodin, M.-C. Jodin, F. Gaboriaud, and B. Humbert Repercussions of size heterogeneity on the measurement of specific surface areas of colloidal minerals: Combination of macroscopic and microscopic analyses American Mineralogist, October 1, 2004; 89(10): 1456 - 1463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
| JOURNAL HOME | HELP | CONTACT PUBLISHER | SUBSCRIBE | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
